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A. M. ANDERSON, ADMINISTRATOR.

MOTOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 25, 1919,

Application filed January 18, 1917, Serial No. 143,150. Renewed July 2, 1918. Serial No. 243,052.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motors, of which the following is a specification. t

This invention relates to motors and has special reference to turbines actuated. by'

water or steam. The invention seeks to provide a motor which may be rotated in either direction and by the use of which the loss of energy will beminimized. [The invention seeks further to provide a turbine of novel construction whereby the driving power of the fluid will be utilized to the fullestextent and the fluid will not be discharged until all of its energy has been exhausted.

-The invention is illustrated in the 2LOCOII1'. panying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view partly in plan and partly in section of a motor embodying my improvements; v g

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section through a portion of the rotor and the cas- Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken approximately on thefline 3-3 of Fig. 1, the plane of the section being distorted so as to follow the rotor passages;

. Fig. 4B is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical section of the complete apparatus, the section being onthe line H of Fig. 1; a

Fig. 5 is a view, partly in sectionand partly in elevation, of-the complete turbine showing the parts separated but in their proper relative positions, the section being on a plane similar to that followed'in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a section taken through the inlet for the motive fluid. v

Fig. 7 is a similar view through the exhaust, the planesof the sections in Figs. 6 and 7 being similar to that followed in Fig. 3. Y I

In carrying out my invention, I provide a tank or boiler 1 which may contain a supply of water or steam and which is connected with the casing 2 of the turbine through a pipe 3 having branches 4 leading to and into the turbine casing. V equipped with valves. 5 and will each communicate directly with an inlet chamber 6 ,ingconsists of an annular wall wardly pro ectlng These branches a'will be I within the casing 2, each inlet being arranged to discharge into the inlet ports'of the buckets or pockets in a rotor.

7 having in? annular flanges 8 at its upper and lower edges and cap or cover plates 9 secured rigidly to the said flanges by'screw's 10, as clearly shown. The said -eapor cover-plates are provided with'extensions 11 having openingsl2 therethrough to receive'long screws or bolts by which the casin'g may be secured to any convenient fixed support. A driving shaft 13 is fitted cen'trallythrough the cap or cover plates and journaled therein, packing boxes 14 being' provided to prevent leakage around the shaft, ,as will be readily understood; As shown inthe drawings, two rotors are pro vided,both being keyed to the driving shaft 13 and being similar in construction but the supply nozzles 4: diverge from the pipe 3 so thatthey will deliver the fluid into the motor casingin such manner as 'to'drive the rotors inopposite directions. It will be readily understood that the flow through one or the other feeding nozzle is out ofl", according to the .direction in which the driving shaft is to be rotated, and that at all times ,one rotor is a dead element. H A central hori- .wall 7 I provide the annular "rib or Pfgj'ggtion 16, the outer face of which is inclined or beveled, as shown, so that the. inner wall 17 of the rotor may rest thereon and form a ground joint therewith to avoid leakageof the fluid while at the same time being capable of rotating freely. In the inner face of each cap plate 9 is formed an annular groove 18 which receives the upper edge 19 of the inner .wall of the rotor. and the inner wall ofthe said groove is suitably shaped to receive a rib '20 on the'inner or rear face of said wall of the rotor. The inner wa'lll'? of the rotor is connected with the hub 21 by spokesor The casradial arms 22 and the hub is fitted around and keyed to the driving shaft, "as will be readily understood, so that motion of the rotor will be imparted directly to the shattI From the wall 17 of the rotor a plurality of partitions 23 extend at an angle to the radius J of the rotor and pockets or buckets 24 are formed between the partitions. The pool ets are of the same form in the two rotors but are reversed so thatthe fluid admitted to one turbine will tend to propel the same, in a direction opposite to the direction in which the other rotor is'd-riven. Each pocket has an inlet opening 25 in the outer surface of. the rotor'and adjacent the outer end of the same, that is 'to'say, the inlet-portsiof the buckets in the upper rotor are located immediately adjacent the upper cap or cover plate 9 whilethe inlet ports of the lowerrotor are located immediately adjacent the lower; cap

or cover plate. The bucketconsistsofapas s'ageleading from thefinlet -port and de:

flected so as to utilize the space furnished by the. groovel 8 in thecap plate as a'pfart the passage. The passageway then extends downwardly alongthe outer face of. the inner wall17- of the rotor and terminatesin the outlet 26 which-islocated immediately adjacent the [partition 15' and futilizes the said'partition as one of its walls. Between the adjacent partitions 23, I provide .a directing plate 27 which defines the inner wall of the passage-way or bucket and may be a sheet metal plate stampedinto the pro en form or maybe. cast with the rotor. Tiis plateor wall 27 maybe filled with a block of wood or other light inaterial'so that fluid cannot collect between the sides or ends of 1 the said plate, but'willbe forced to flow through; the passage-way or bucket and e. outletyport 26' is located somewhat in ad thereby imp art'motion to the rotor.

vance oftheinlet port 25 considered in; the

- direction of rotation 'of theturbine, so that in flowing through'the bucketor passage. 7 way the fluid will; not tend toretard the rotor, but will serve, byitstendencyto ex.- pandj'to maintain the motion imparted to @the rotor by the initial impact of the fluid 5O againstthe forward wallof the pocket, The. fluidwill travel around the casing with the rotor and just before it again reachesthe vertical plane-of the inlet, will pass into the exhaust chamber communi eating with the'exhaust pipe. 29. At each side of andimmediatelyadjacent the inlet nozzle 6, the inner wall of the casing is 1111- broken, as'shown at 30, so that said wall forms an abutment to prevent escape of the fluid except into and through the inlet port of the pocket which may be in alinem'ent with the inlet nozzle. Beginning at one ter- '7 minal of theabutment surface 30 and continuingv around the casing to'the other'terminal of the abutment surface, the casing is 1 ture f'romfthe present invention.

constructed witha series of expansion pockets 31 which open toward the rotor" and have their" inner terminals disposed immediately adjacent the edge of the rotor so that the joint will be sufficient-ly close toprevent leakage whi le at the same time it .willbe sufficiently free to permit rapid and easy -rotation of'the rotor. These pockets 31are constructed with upper and lower ports disposed in thesame transverse planesofthe rotor pockets -so as to register therewith, as shown clearlyin Fig. 3, and'division blocks 32 are formed in the wall of the Casing be tween the ends or theisaid'pockets so that the fluid will be forced to travel aroundthe i7 5 rotor as the inlet and outlet ports. ofthe.

blocks and cannot flowfdi'rectly through the inlet port to the exit port. The'pockets in the casing are disposedat a somewhat greater angle to a vertical plane th'an'are the pocketsin' the rotor so. that as the rotor moves past the pockets'in .therasing, the

inner orlower. or exhaust port of the said pocketintofthelower or inner inlet portof fluid in the rotor pocket willflow from 'the the pocketin the'casing and will expand in sa d pocketso that it willrise therethrough and escap ng through the upper'outlet port of the same will meet and flow through the inlet port'of a pocketin the rotor, thereby accelerating the movement thereof.- This action of the fluid will be accelerated as-the turbine attains greater speed forithe reason that a suction'will be created around. the

rotor which willtend to draw fluid through are relative only andjthat the operation of ,enter the rotor pockets with considerable the lower turbine is exactly the same except 'that'itrotatesin the opposite direction and that the ln'let port of a pocket in the lower turbine will be the lower port while the outlet port of said pocket will be. the inner or upper end thereof. It isalso to be under stood that, while I have assumed the driv ingjshaft to be disposed vertically,iit may be disposedhorlzontally and that various other maybe made without involving'any de'par Theexhau'st fromflthetwo turbines may be led into a single. pipe 29 and through saidplpe into an exhaust receiver 33 which consists of a cas'ing 340i any convenient form having an outlet 35 whichmay lead to any convenient .pointbf discharge or turbine to be utilized Within: the recep modifications in the specific v arrangement may belconnected to the tank or boiler l' so 1 a i that:the fluid may be returned to the point of supply and thence again sentthrough the tacle 33 is a partition 36 disposed between driven from the turbine and will tend to create a vacuum within the receiver 33 so that the exhaust fluid will be effectually withdrawn from the turbine and will, there fore, olfer no resistance to the proper operation of the same. By forcing a circulation through the receiver from opening 39 to outlet 35 I create a partial vacuum in or suction through the receiver so as to offectually withdraw the exhaust fluid, the top plate 37 of the partition serving to hold back the fluid which by a direct flow would tend to interfere with the creation of a partial vacuum. I also create a partial vacuum within the turbine and this partial vacuum will facilitate the operation of the fluid within the pockets of the casing to repeat edly act on the rotor, as above set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a rotor which may be readily set up and which, when operated, will be found highly efiicient and economical. It will be readily understood that the wall or division block 32 in the rotor casing effectually separates the opposite ends of the buckets or pockets and that the inlet nozzles are so disposed that they will communicate only with the inlet ports of the rotor casing and the exhaust nozzles or pipes are so disposed that they will communicate only with the outlet ports of the pockets; The motive fluid, therefore, cannot pass simultaneously to both ends of the pockets but will be forced to flow entirely through the pockets from one end of the same to the other end and the initial impulse will be sufficient to carry the pocket of the rotor to the point where its outlet end will communicate with the inlet end of the first pocket in the casing. As the pocket in the casing is at a greater inclination than the pocket in the rotor, the rotor pocket will be drained by the time its inlet end comes into alinement with the outlet'end of the pocket in the casing and the fluid in the casing pocket will then again enter the rotor pocket and by its expansion will aid in driving the rotor. By providing the annular grooves in the cap plates, as shown and de scribed, and projecting parts of the rotor into said grooves, I notonly produce pockets of considerable capacity in the rotor but also mount the rotor in such a manner that it will be effectually guided in its movements and-will not oscillate at an angle to the axis of the driving shaft and, as lost motion generally due to such oscillation is eliminated, the rotor will move easily and smoothly and the lossof energy from the propelling agent will beminimized.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a motor, the combination of a casing provided in one end wall with an internal annular groove and provided on its opposite end wall with an annular rib, a shaft journaled in the casing, a rotor secured to said shaft and provided with aninner peripheral wall having portions engaging said annular groove and said annular rib, and pocketforming passages in the rotor at the outer side of said wall, one of said passages extending across the inner peripheral wall of the rotor and the other passage extending from the ends of said passage between the rotor and the end walls of the casing.

2. Ina motor, the combination of a casing, a rotor mounted therein and having an inner peripheral wall fitting closely to and guided by the end walls of the casing, partitions extending outwardly from the said peripheral wall, and fillers disposed between said partitions andconnected therewith and bearing at their outer ends against the casing and having their sides in spaced relation to the end walls of the casing and the inner peripheral wall of the rotor whereby tortuous fluid-receiving passages are pro vided around the fillers.

3. In a motor, the combination of a casing consisting of an annular wall, caps secured upon the ends of said wall, and a partition extending from the inner surface of said wall between the caps, the caps being provided on their inner faces with annular grooves and the partition being provided with ribs on its opposite sides, a rotor having an inner peripheral wall having its edges obliquely disposed to bear against the inner walls of the grooves in said caps and upon the outer faces of the ribs on the partition respectively, partitions extending from the peripheral wall, and fillers disposed between the partitions and in spaced relation to said peripheral wall of the rotor, the partition in the casing, and the caps whereby a fluid passage is provided around the filler and between the partitions.

4:. In a motor, the combination of a casing having an annular wall, and a central partition carried by said wall, obliquely disposed passages being provided in the annular wall of the casing, caps secured upon the ends of the annular wall of the casing and masses eral wall'with'its edges fitting snugly within the rotor whereby passages areprovi'ded the groove in the cap and against rib on around thefillers havingtheir ends adapted thepartition, partitions extendingfrom the to register With the ends of the passages in 10 said inner peripheral Wall of the rotor, and the casing. V I 7 V i 5 fillers disposed between the partitions in V in testimony whereof Iaflix my signature. 7

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